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isthisreally
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 Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:45 am Post subject: Do I need to be released from E2 to get C3 or D4 |
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So I'm gonna become a student. I'm not finishing my contract at my current workplace. Though I've given plenty of notice (2.5 months) at my job, there is a possibility of disagreements in the future about when I can leave. So do I need to be released from my E2 in order to get a C3 visa? Or a student visa D4?
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 7:13 am Post subject: Re: Do I need to be released from E2 to get C3 or D4 |
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| isthisreally wrote: |
So I'm gonna become a student. I'm not finishing my contract at my current workplace. Though I've given plenty of notice (2.5 months) at my job, there is a possibility of disagreements in the future about when I can leave. So do I need to be released from my E2 in order to get a C3 visa? Or a student visa D4?
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Nope. LOR is NOT needed.
Just turn in your ARC on a quick trip out of the country and back.
Get a C3 while you are out or just return on a B1 visa waiver stamp and apply for your change of status to D4 when you have the documentation ready.
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matthews_world
Joined: 15 Feb 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 1:44 pm Post subject: |
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Ttompatz didn't look at the whole picture this time.
I think he wants to stay here and not have to leave. |
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isthisreally
Joined: 01 Sep 2007
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Cool thanks. I know I'll have to leave the country to change visas. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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| matthews_world wrote: |
Ttompatz didn't look at the whole picture this time.
I think he wants to stay here and not have to leave. |
You CAN'T. What he wants to do will require leaving and returning.
You can't go from E2 to C3 without a trip to a consulate abroad. B1/B2 requires an exit and re-entry without the ARC/re-entry permit.
The closest he would be able to do without leaving the country would be a 30 day exit order and then he wouldn't be able to change to the student visa without a visa run. |
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IlIlNine
Joined: 15 Jun 2005
Location: Gunpo, Gyonggi, SoKo
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| Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:35 pm Post subject: |
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| ttompatz wrote: |
| matthews_world wrote: |
Ttompatz didn't look at the whole picture this time.
I think he wants to stay here and not have to leave. |
You CAN'T. What he wants to do will require leaving and returning.
You can't go from E2 to C3 without a trip to a consulate abroad. B1/B2 requires an exit and re-entry without the ARC/re-entry permit.
The closest he would be able to do without leaving the country would be a 30 day exit order and then he wouldn't be able to change to the student visa without a visa run. |
I and a few others I have known have managed similar feats as long as the period of sojourn overlaps. I myself went from an E2 to a D2 visa without leaving the country... no problem. I have my original ARC with the D2 update as a single entry in the back.
Just bring all the relevant documents to immi. in this case, though, you will need some kind of release -- something that outlines the start and definite end date of your work.
Note that if you leave the country while you have time left on your visa - if you don't cancel it properly, your visa will only expire when the full period of sojourn has run out, even though you've handed in your ARC. |
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